ACC |
Antarctic Circumpolar Current |
ANDRILL |
Antarctic Geological Drilling |
AON |
Antarctic Observing Network |
AUV |
Autonomous Underwater Vehicle |
BARREL |
Balloon Array for RBSP Relativistic Electron Losses |
CH4 |
Methane |
CMB |
Cosmic Microwave Background |
CO2 |
Carbon dioxide |
EPB |
European Polar Board |
ESA |
European Space Agency |
GEO |
NSF Geoscience Directorate |
GPS |
Global Positioning System |
ICSU |
International Council for Science |
IGY |
International Geophysical Year |
IODP |
Integrated Ocean Drilling Program |
IOOS |
Integrated Ocean Observing System |
IPCC |
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change |
IPY |
International Polar Year |
LIDAR |
Light Detection and Ranging |
LTER |
Long Term Ecological Research |
NOAA |
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
NRC |
National Research Council |
NSF |
National Science Foundation |
OOI |
Ocean Observatories Initiative |
OPP |
Office of Polar Programs |
OSTP |
Office of Science and Technology Policy |
PAntOS |
Pan-Antarctic Observation System |
PCO2 |
Partial pressure of CO2 |
RBSP |
Radiation Belt Storm Probes |
SACNAS |
Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science |
SAM |
Southern Annular Mode |
SCAR |
Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research |
SEARCH |
Study of Environmental Arctic Change |
SOOS |
Southern Ocean Observing System |
STEM |
Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics |
USAP |
U.S. Antarctic Program |
WAIS |
West Antarctic Ice Sheet |